Artificial bait



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- Apfuoauon med my' as, 1924. serial' ne. 728,647.

To all 'wlwnt t may concern.'

Be it known that'I,""JA1nE's E. OKimrn,

a.citize! 1 of the-United States, residingl at Chicago, in thecounty of Cook'and State of Illinois, have invented v newfand useful Improvements in Artificial Bait, of lwhich the following is a specification,

This invention' relates to artificial bait and after described and claimed. In the accompanyingdrawings.-

' the like and consists tin the matters herein-v Fig. 1 is a side viewer-a bait of my, in-f vention; Fig. 2 is a top view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional view; Fig. 4 is an end view; and Fig. 5, shows a fly attached. My improved balt has an elongated plug or body 1 preferably made of Wood or other .material for floating and lightness in weight for casting. In "crossfsectlon the plug 1 is substantially cylindrical and is tapered or "given a general conical shape to have one fao . vided with "an upwardly inclined 'face 14' to f forcethepllug merged w en end smaller than the other.- `end of the -an eye or The smaller 1re member 2 at its front or larger end for attachment to a fishing line,

- a fly' or feather The top ofthe plug 1 iscut away or otherwise formed to provide an inclined recess 4 extending lengthwise of the plug. This recess is deepestat the rear or smallerend of plug and there meets an upsta'dig the shoulder 5, in which is a slot 6 to receive the looped end -7 of a fish-hook 8.v shank 9 o'fthe hookl lies against the inclined -bottom lsurface 10 of the recess and extends towardthe rear vor larger end of the plug',

'where it is secured thereto by a screw or like menber ll'laslhown. I

f y ln oo 1214 bar ed or barbless *isg ga g ;.ally tapered plug, .said plug being cut away ascrewfeye 13,l so that in. packing...0rnesting w1th other baits,-the vgang-hook may 'attached 11:0 the under Sie@ ofthe vpulg 1-`V by y swung up against the plug, as show-n in dot- Ated lines in Figl. vThe gang'hook 12- is preferably -located foi-ward of' the-screw 11 so as not tohinderzthe fish when attempting to swallowthe plug'from its smaller end'. The `front-end of the plug 1 is cut 4or pro-- under water and keep it subkk drawn A:forward through the watebythegline 3. The eye 2 yis locatedY line of plug so that the 1 holds the hook 8 Vfrom ca4 ingfrom the hook when caughtf fp l'ug is its rear end, there being.

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Y said recess the Vdcepe st `\`end of the recess adjacent the smallerend of the plug, sl'liculd'er in the plug, and

vout of the same and with its f orce of .the water acts against the lm e 3 to hold the plug complete y submerged.

Seating the pointed end of the hook 8 at the deepest end of the recess 4 brings the pointedend .of the h ook closely adjacent'the body of the plug,` so that the hook Amay rea ily-pass in to the mouth of the fishwhen attempting to swallow the plug from its rear end. The hook 8 may be'of the barbless tgps, 'as shown," so as not to tearv the mouth of t e fish when caught thereon. The slot 6v shifting on the Aplug and thus lessens the ,chance of the fish es- 1pull on he plug l'mav be paintedanycolor or colors desired, orbe otherwise treated to act as 7'a1 lure. Being generally tapered, it vresembles a -,minnow o r smaller fish when drawn through the water, 'and' is small enough at its rear end for game fish to: readily take the samein ,its mouth when striking thev bait The 'pointed en d of the hook extends toward-the -front end ofl the plug sc that it may readlily pass into the fishs mouth when takingi-t je bait. f

Figure 5 shows the plug 1 rovided with r 15 exten lng over the I claim as my invention: I v

1. An artificial bait, comprising an elongated plug made smaller at one end than 'the other, said' plugfhaving an inclined re" cessextending lengthwise thereof with the deepest end of the'recess adjacent the smaller end of the plug, and a fishhook seated in said recess and secured to the plug with the pointed 'end of the hook normallyextend' l beyond the plug from the deepest end'offf artificial bait, comprising a generbetween "its ends to provide an' inclined recessextendinglengthwiseof the plug with and ending ata a fish hook seated 1li-.said recess with its pointed end extending looped portion in l, slot in said shoulder.

testimony that I claim the foregoing 'as my invention, II

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aix my signature this l ,22iflay'of July,'1924. Y

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